Clearly?
Shui Yiyao looked at Ao Li, her eyes moving to the palm of his hand. That dragon turtle... when she was selecting and purchasing the materials, she was still in Ao Li's pool. She had indeed entrusted him to help get the materials. He said he knew it clearly and there was no problem.
But...it's not just the dragon turtle that has problems.
There is only one dragon scale, so it must be very precious.
He wanted to give it to the mermaid princess, but she had problems and was fake.
She was never a princess.
Even if they look exactly the same and no one can tell the difference, she's still fake. Just like this dragon turtle, no matter how similar it is, it's still fake, and maybe one day, someone will hold it up under a magnifying glass and expose it.
She didn't want to be exposed, which would be embarrassing.
So, it’s better to make it clear first.
But Ao Li said this, he knew it clearly?
Shui Yiyao remembered what Ao Li once said - I can't judge jade, but I can judge people.
He certainly doesn't look like he knows nothing, but how much does he know?
Shui Yiyao looked at Ao Li again. His expression remained unchanged as he looked back at her.
Looking into his eyes, I found that his dark pupils were peaceful.
Across the white steam rising slowly from the dining table, his eyes were like a piece of black jade immersed in the depths of a spring, thick and reserved, with a unique, inner and outer gentleness that made her already restless heart skip a beat.
She frowned and said slowly: "Do you understand what I am saying?"
"Your surname is not Shui." Ao Li said this without hesitation or much ups and downs. His tone could even be described as flat.
“…” Shui Yiyao’s hands trembled, and she immediately clenched them, frowning even tighter.
"Huang...Chengyu." Ao Li paused and tested cautiously.
Hearing this name, Shui Yiyao's brows suddenly tightened, but she felt a strange sense of relief in her heart, as if a hanging stone had suddenly fallen to the ground.
Her real name was Huang Yiyao, known only to herself. The name Ao Li mentioned was the one she had filled out on the form at the research institute when she first came for consultation.
At the time, she had just filled it out, subconsciously. Later, after learning that Ao Li was the director of that research institute, she had wondered if something might be discovered. But Ao Li never mentioned it, nor did he show any signs of abnormality.
“…”
"I noticed it." Ao Li said, "I know that the person I love is not someone else, but you."
Name, birthday, personality, habits... every bit of it revealed clues. Mermaids rarely produce jade carvers, but the industry's guess about the Shuiyi Yao is that they have at least fifteen years of experience.
Sweetheart? Shui Yiyao's eyes moved: "You don't ask me where I came from? Why did I become Shui Yiyao?"
"If you want to tell me, I'll listen. If you don't want to talk more, I won't ask more."
Shui Yiyao looked into Ao Li's eyes. The light from the incandescent lamp above was reflected in his pupils and easily shone into his eyes.
She paused and asked, "Aren't you afraid? Aren't you afraid of being cheated?"
Ao Li lowered his head, squeezed the dragon turtle in his hand, and raised his eyes again, with a bright color on the end of his eyebrows: "Didn't you say, as long as you like it, it's fine."
Shui Yiyao just looked at him without saying anything.
This is what she said in "Young Talents". Most of the Hetian jade sold at a loss, so don't care what others say, just buy what you like, you will never lose money.
Ao Li: "Besides, I did it on my own will."
Not a lie.
Shui Yiyao looked at Ao Li, and her pupils dilated for a moment when she heard his words.
"Okay." She nodded, and her brows relaxed, as if she had made a decision.
"Then I'll tell you now." Shui Yiyao stood up and leaned over to Ao Li, who was sitting opposite her. She reached out and took the dragon turtle from Ao Li's hand, staring into his eyes: "I am indeed not Shui Yiyao."
"I'm a human. My real name is Huang Yiyao. I have the same name as Shui Yiyao, but a different surname. I'm actually a month older than her. I'm a jade carver."
"My grandfather is also a jade carver and my master. I started carving with a knife when I was five or six years old."
"I won the Tiangong Award five times in a row starting when I was fifteen, and sat on the jury panel at twenty-one."
"Wealth of over 100 million."
Shui Yiyao said this while watching Ao Li's expression. He sat quietly and listened very attentively.
Shui Yiyao tapped his chest with the dragon turtle in her hand: "Dean Ao, I'm awesome."
The dragon turtle hit the buttons of the windbreaker, making a tinkling sound.
Ao Li lowered his eyes and looked at her hand knocking on his chest. He chuckled softly, a hint of passion in his eyes, and nodded: "I know. Master Chengyu, the strongest jade carver."
Shui Yiyao raised her eyebrows: "That's it."
She withdrew her hand: "So, do you have anything else you want to ask?"
"You are a human being... what about your parents and family?"
Ao Li was a little confused. She was not a mermaid, and the mermaids were not her relatives, but he had never seen Shui Yiyao contact her parents and family.
Shui Yiyao paused, turned around, and faced Ao Li with her back. She spoke calmly, "My parents... I don't know where they are. Grandpa never told me. I heard they were in a car accident. Grandpa passed away later... I haven't told you yet. I'm not from this world. I don't know why I came here, or why I became Shui Yiyao."
"Will you leave?" Ao Li also stood up, his voice a little heavy.
She shook her head. "I don't know."
"That's it - you still want to give this to me?" Shui Yiyao turned around, looked at the black jade treasure box on the dining table again, and looked up at Ao Li.
The golden scales lay quietly in the box, still shining.
"It only belongs to you." Ao Li also looked at Jin Ruanlin and spoke loudly.
Shui Yiyao looked back at Ao Li, reached out to pick up the box on the table, looked at the golden soft scales inside, and closed the lid.
"Then I'll accept it." She looked up at Ao Li and said, "If you give it to me, it's mine. If you want it, I won't return it."
Ao Li was stunned for a moment, his eyes instantly darkening: "I couldn't ask for more."
Yes. She accepted it.
Shui Yiyao: "Wait for me."
She walked towards her small studio with the black jade box in her hand. She placed the black jade box on the high platform, picked up something from the workbench, and walked over.
She walked over, and Ao Li saw that she was holding a carving knife.
"This is a finger knife. It's the first custom-made carving knife I've ever used in this world." She raised the knife and handed it to Ao Li: "Here."
Ao Li looked at the small carving knife in front of him.
This is a silver carving knife with a thin and fine blade that looks very sharp. Unlike ordinary carving knives, it has some signs of wear and tear due to frequent use.
He took it and found two small characters in running script on the blade - Cheng Yu.
Shui Yiyao: "There's give and take."
She lowered her eyes to look at the carving knife: "The carving knife is the life of the jade carver."
"For you."
With the carving knife lying in his palm, Ao Li looked at her deeply, with a hint of heat suppressed in his eyes.
The carving knife is the life of a jade carver.
Is it fate?
Ao Li's Adam's apple moved: "Yuyu, there is a reverse scale under my throat, I will..."
Shui Yiyao was stunned and said quickly: "Brother, it's not that serious."
Can that thing be given away casually?
Ao Li said firmly: "As for that."
Shui Yiyao: "It's really not that bad."
Before Ao Li could continue, Shui Yiyao interrupted, "The food is getting cold. Let's eat."
Ao Li hesitated for a moment and looked at the dining table. They had been chatting for a long time, and the food was indeed getting cold.
He took out a silk scarf from his pocket, carefully wrapped the carving knife, and put it into the inside pocket of his windbreaker before sitting down and picking up the chopsticks.
He picked up a piece of sea bass with chopsticks and laughed out loud while eating.
Shui Yiyao looked up several times, and seeing that he showed no sign of slowing down, she laughed and asked, "Are you so happy?"
Ao Li's eyes lit up: "There's no chili peppers."
Steamed sea bass, stir-fried pork with lettuce, lotus and egg drop soup, and bamboo shoot and pork rib soup all contain no chili peppers.
Shui Yiyao: "..." Is this enough to make you so happy?
This is too easy to please. The dishes on the table cost no more than two hundred yuan in total.
"Eat quickly, it's already late. If you dawdle any longer, you'll have to stay up late tonight."
Ao Li nodded and continued eating.
In the end, all three dishes and one soup on the table were eaten up.
Shui Yiyao was a little shocked.
She had eaten with Ao Li before. She knew that Ao Li's appetite was not very big. She had never seen him eat so much before. And today, she didn't eat much of the dishes. Ao Li ate almost all of them.
"Aren't you full?" Shui Yiyao looked at the empty plate, then at Ao Li who seemed indifferent.
Ao Li took out his phone and said, "Not at all."
Shui Yiyao: "What are you doing?"
Ao Li's camera focused on the empty plate on the dining table: "Post it on Weibo."
Shui Yiyao: “…”
This person's painting style is actually like this.
She took the empty plates off the table in advance to stop him from taking pictures: "No one wants to see your empty plates after eating."
The untouched food at least looks presentable, looks good in photos, and looks appetizing. But what is there to photograph about this empty plate?
Ao Li thought about it and finally said, "Then I won't post on Weibo. I'll take a photo as a souvenir."
Shui Yiyao: "What's so memorable about this?"
"This is the first time I've eaten your cooking."
“…”
In the end, Shui Yiyao still held the empty plate and let Ao Li take a picture.
"Can I pat your jade screen?" After patting the empty plate, Ao Li looked at the workbench next to him and asked.
Shui Yiyao: "It's up to you."
·
After dinner, Shui Yiyao saw Ao Li off.
After all, we are all very busy.
After going downstairs to see Ao Li off, Shui Yiyao went back to her room, closed the door, and when she stood by the door, she noticed that her cell phone was ringing again. She opened it and saw a new Weibo post from Ao Li.
Ao Li: It looks good. [Picture]
It was exactly the corner of the jade screen.
Comments on his Weibo always come very quickly.
-I think it looks good too!
-This is at Yuyu's house! It's indeed at Yuyu's house!
-Didn't you just post a message half an hour ago? Why did you post it again? Your status updates so quickly?
-Post more, post more, I haven’t seen enough! I’ve only posted two, I could post twenty in a day!
Shui Yiyao was confused. She had no idea why Ao Li posted on Weibo again.
But he has already sent it, so I might as well cooperate with him.
Then she opened the comment section and edited a message: Thank you Ao Yuan for the compliment.
release.
She put her phone aside, walked to her work area, and took down the black jade box she had placed on the platform earlier.
She opened the box and inside was the golden dragon scale.
I reached out and touched it. It was said to be soft scales, but it was actually quite hard and felt cold to the touch.
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